Hull Daily MailRichest man hit the heights at his Beverley school - but not for what you might thinkHull Daily MailKen Annakin pictured outside Beverley's former Picture Playhouse. Prolific film director Ken Annakin is best known for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Other famous films directed by Annakin, who died in Beverly Hills […]

MousePlanetThe Story of Tarzan's TreehouseMousePlanetDirected by Ken Annakin (whose name inspired George Lucas to create an Anakin Skywalker character) and shot in Tobago (in the Caribbean) and Pinewood Studios (outside London), the film recounts a large Swiss family on their way to New Guinea whose ...

The New Indian ExpressGlimpse of London during World War IIThe New Indian ExpressDirected by Ken Annakin, whose subsequent Hollywood credits included the star-studded epics Battle of the Bulge and The Longest Day as well as the family classic Swiss Family Robinson. Queen Cotton An introduction to the manufacture and design of both ...

Ken Annakin: 1914-2009 -- An AppreciationThe Hollywood Interview (blog)I wrote her a quick email: "Are you, by chance, related to the director Ken Annakin?" I got a quick reply "Sure am. He's my dad!" It just happened that Annakin's most famous film, "The Longest Day," was getting a special edition DVD release from 20th ...

Telegraph.co.ukKen AnnakinTelegraph.co.ukAnnakin dabbled in many genres, from action comedies and family fare to crime drama and swashbuckling romance. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s — when he started making wartime documentaries in London — and ending ...and more »